Wednesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.

 

Mercer coaches release statements on the racial discussion

          And several teams posted a blackout picture on their social media pages Tuesday.

 

Signings

Anna Brown of Bleckley County has signed to play women’s soccer at LaGrange.

Houston County’s T.J. Morgan is headed not far away from home, signed to play men’s basketball at Middle Georgia State.

Brenley Townsend, a longtime starter at Veterans, is headed to North Georgia for women’s soccer.

 

Around/About Central Georgia

Westside alum Kareem Jackson speaks out

Mercer baseball standout Kyle Lewis workin’ and workin’

 

Around/About Georgia

UGA’s Peake in transfer portal

Valdosta State and Savannah State to meet

 

Sports and race/George Floyd

Caron Butler: This is a WE thing

Drew Brees opens a massive can of worms with comments

That have not gone over well among colleagues in many sports

Column: Drew, you spoke, now listen (to a Marine veteran)

But Joe Horn came to his defense

Twitter legend and ex-Kentucky BKB standout Chapman pulls no punches

Clemson football assistant re-apologizes for racial slur with former player

UCLA not happy police used baseball stadium as a field jail

Pete Carroll: A debt to Kaepernick

And the treatment of Kap is a black eye: Tomlinson

Sam Pittman participates in Fayetteville protest

 

Sports and COVID-19

Two more Oklahoma State players test positive

MLB talks hit another wall, hard

 

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Around the nation/world

Tennessee, Pittsburgh legend Majors dies

NASCAR returning to Nashville in 2021